EA admits that Medal of Honor: Warfighter disappointed

2 things.

1) Is this the same MoH: Warfighter that was released in North America on October 23 and the UK on October 26? Given that I'm writing this comment on the 30th of October, surely this says something about how much emphasis is placed on pre-orders and Day 1 sales, as opposed to the long-tail sales.

2)

EA Labels president Frank Gibeau also noted that... the company was not pleased with critics, saying that EA's own internal testing led them to think that Warfighter was much better than the reception it got from critics.

Posted:7 months ago

I think it's time they put this series to bed the same way Activision halted Tony Hawk development once that series also lost most of it's audience. Despite name recognition MOH really isn't a very popular series anymore, especially when compared to Halo, COD and Battlefield. The best thing EA can do is to halt development on this series for atleast 3-5 years. By then there may be some renewed interest for it but I wouldn't neccesarily hold my breath.

Posted:7 months ago

As they failed at mimicking the COD playstyle (i.e: fast paced game, run&gun). I think their (obvious) plan was to alternate Battlefield and MOH every year, simirlaly to what Activision does with Infinity Ward and Treyarch.
Also, the interesting point is to see how difficult it is to offer tight game mechanics and relevant level design on a short period of development. This shows that although the COD franchise innovate little, it really got to a point where it is really hard to catch on

Posted:7 months ago

Bleh. Isn't this the same thing they said about the LAST Medal of Honor game when it underperformed with critics (but sold well enough that a sequel was green lit)? Geezus, let a damn game find its audience over TIME and let people who want to buy it do so, damn the reviews. This "weekend box office" shit (and over-speculating based on pre-order numbers and post-shipment slower than "expected" INITIAL sales) is KILLING the industry and studios. It's not a terrible game at all from what I played, but I guess critics are expecting any shooter hitting stores to be better than the best as opposed to "Good" or "Just OK"...

Maybe they need to wait and see how many units sell around the holidays? Hell, SOME people I know are holding out on quite a few games until they need to buy them as gifts... I'm just sayin'...

Posted:7 months ago

Maybe the steam is running out of the business model of the blockbuster console franchises.

Posted:7 months ago

A critic (NZGamer) from Metacritic wrote :

A formulaic experience that feels rushed, ill-thought out and hollow. Its gameplay is rote and its mechanic is derivative. To be frank, I'm tired of this. Shooter fans are not simply teenage consumers of asinine adventure. We deserve better.

This game, like many other hidden gems, often puts off people with the patience of a squirrel, where I think the majority of the unfairly negative reviews are coming from. Most people expect it to behave like Call of Duty and when it doesn't, bail. Mindless if you ask me. It takes time to learn a new game. Once done, this game is an absolute blast and has several things going for it most PC shooters don't have anymore: dedicated servers, leaning, crouching, realistic ballistics (recoil, bullet drop)and far fewer bunny hopping, rage spewing, quick scoping 14-year-olds out there to spoil the fun

Posted:7 months ago

This video tells the tale of why at least I stopped playing these quicktime events and moving over to indie more and more to get a good evening worth of play time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOHyD49DaeA

Publishers are stuck in a sinking ship and can't get out, nothing will change this, period!

Posted:7 months ago

@Arjen: nice video - perfectly highlights what's wrong with some of these games. I still find it astonishing why so many games creatives/studios and publishers want to re-create movie moments. We have to write our own stories.

Having worked on a modern FPS and gone through the entire design phase, i found it kinda shocking that the games look and feel in many parts seemed to have been designed around 5 or 6 key scenes from reference movies (in our case Blackhawk down among others). I just don't get that need to rip entire scenes and settings out of movies. Getting a mood, a feeling and inspiration in general is great, but ripping and re-creating entire scenes is just sad.

Posted:7 months ago

That's quite disheartening to hear Andreas...I mean what's the point of hiring concept artists then?

Posted:7 months ago

Do concept art based on movie scenes using game characters instead? :) (yes i am being sarcastic and i totally agree with you - it's quite sad)

Posted:7 months ago

They have a Game Evaluation department for something, and a very efficient one. Next time they better listen to them.

@Bruce: It's called "end of console cycle", everyone here is telling you and I don't know why we keep trying. For someone who works in the industry, like you, this should be easy to understand. A different thing is that you don't want to believe and wish for them to disappear (along with thousand of work positions and employments) which, given the case, I feel sorry for you.

Not to mention that MoH is a original PC franchise...

Edited 1 times. Last edit by Alfonso Sexto on 5th November 2012 9:02am

Posted:7 months ago

Arjen: This video tells the tale of why at least I stopped playing these quicktime events and moving over to indie more and more to get a good evening worth of play time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOHyD49DaeA

Posted:7 months ago

Well see how many people pick it up around/after Christmas time when its not full price. I'm not going to rush out and slam £40 notes down on yet "another" olive & tan shooter. £15/£20 however I might pick it up to pass a couple of days.

Posted:7 months ago